Imagine a world wherein certain diseases previously considered incurable are indeed treatable due to some radical science. And it involves biopharmaceuticals at the forefront of this change in medical science. But what is this thing called a biopharmaceutical, better known as a biologic? And how will these revolutionary new drugs change the paradigm of drug development? So, let’s do a ...
Gene Editing for Disease Prevention: Hype and Ethical Anxiety by Lawrence Kogan Gene editing is the most dramatic turn that science has taken in a century. The notion-upon-reading the sentence that scientists can edit a strand of DNA to save humans from diseases is something from a science fiction novel. As exhilarating as it is, however, this technology opens enormous ...